Motion in Glur2 ligand-binding core [glur2]

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Classification [D-h-2]

Structures
1FTO from rat; open
1FTM closed

Description
This motion is essentially identical to the glutamine binding protein, whose structures have been solved in E. coli.

References
G Q Chen, Y Sun, R Jin, E Gouaux (1998). Probing the ligand binding domain of the GluR2 receptor by proteolysis and deletion mutagenesis defines domain boundaries and yields a crystallizable construct. Protein Sci, 7:2623-30 [Medline info for 9865957]
N Armstrong, E Gouaux (2000). Mechanisms for activation and antagonism of an AMPA-sensitive glutamate receptor: crystal structures of the GluR2 ligand binding core. Neuron, 28:165-81 [Medline info for 11086992]

GO terms associated with structures
Molecular functiontransporter activity, ion channel activity, glutamate-gated ion channel activity, receptor activity, potassium channel activity, ionotropic glutamate receptor activity
Cellular componentmembrane
Biological processtransport, ion transport, potassium ion transport

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